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Denys Kostyshyn

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Denys Kostyshyn
Personal information
Full name Denys Ruslanovych Kostyshyn
Date of birth (1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Oleksandriya
Number 8
Youth career
2006–2014 Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Dnipro 32 (7)
2018–2021 Kolos Kovalivka 74 (12)
2022–2023 Oleksandriya 3 (1)
2023 El Paso Locomotive 33 (4)
2024– Oleksandriya 13 (0)
International career
2015 Ukraine U18 2 (0)
2016 Ukraine U19 1 (0)
2019 Ukraine (students)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 March 2016

Denys Ruslanovych Kostyshyn (Ukrainian: Денис Русланович Костишин; born 31 August 1997) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Oleksandriya.

Career

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A product of the Dynamo Kyiv academy, Kostyshyn joined Dnipro in August 2014.[1]

He made his professional debut for Dnipro on 30 April 2017, in a Ukrainian Premier League match against FC Volyn Lutsk.[2]

On 5 December 2022, it was announced that Kostyshyn would join USL Championship side El Paso Locomotive for their 2023 season.[3] Kostyshyn was awarded the Fan's Offensive Player of the Year Award, was named to the league Team of the Week three times, and won the league's Goal of the Week once. On 1 November 2023, it was announced that he would be departing El Paso ahead of the 2024 season.[4]

Personal life

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Kostyshyn is a son of Ukrainian retired footballer Ruslan Kostyshyn.[1][5] His younger brother, Danylo, is also a footballer.[6]

Kostyshyn is in a relationship with Ukrainian actress Yelyzaveta Vasylenko.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Син відомого футболіста поміняв Динамо на Дніпро". ua.korrespondent.net (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  2. ^ Ліга Парі-Матч. 27 тур. Матч № 161. (in Ukrainian). Official UPL Site. 30 April 2017.
  3. ^ "El Paso Locomotive Welcome Midfielder Denys Kostyshyn from FC Oleksandriya for 2023 Season". 5 December 2022.
  4. ^ Huichapa, Alberto. "El Paso Locomotive FC's Denys Kostyshyn and Emmanuel Sonupe Depart Ahead of 2024 Season". EPLocomotiveFC.com. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  5. ^ Bloomquist, Bret (30 June 2023). "Locomotive's Denys Kostyshyn makes challenging move from Ukraine to El Paso". El Paso Times. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Лиза Василенко - актриса сериала школа. Биография, фильмография, фото, личная жизнь | Shkola.tv". ru.shkola.tv (in Russian). Retrieved 20 August 2018.
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